A story about how mismatched socks help you let go of assumptions

The socks I pulled out of the drawer were mismatched.

“Oh.”

I stopped my hand, which had reached into the drawer to pull out a matching pair.

Why do they have to be the same?

Is it embarrassing if someone sees them?
It doesn't cause anyone trouble, and in the first place, no one is paying attention to my socks.
Who or what am I worried about?
Even if someone saw them and thought my socks were mismatched, so what?

I went ahead and put on the mismatched socks.
Then, I put on my shoes and went outside.
I walked around, feeling a little thrill at the sight of the mismatched socks peeking out from my shoes.


I went out all day, came home, took off my shoes, and remembered I had been wearing mismatched socks.
I had completely forgotten, and no one said a thing to me.

Wearing mismatched socks was really no big deal at all.

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